Eugene Laverty Joins Forces With Suzuki
The World Superbike series
only ended its season a few weeks ago, but riders and teams are
already looking ahead to 2014 - and making some major changes in
preparation for next year. Some of the biggest news surrounds a new
signing for the Suzuki factory team, which has inked top rider
Eugene
Laverty for 2014.
Laverty, who finished as the runner-up to Tom Sykes
in this past motorsports season, is coming off a year
in which he had nine wins and 19 podium finishes. All of that was
accomplished on the Aprilia RSV4, but
Suzuki hopes he will be able to replicate his success on the Suzuki
GSX-R1000.
"I am delighted to join Crescent Suzuki for the 2014 season,"
Laverty said. "I will try the GSX-R1000 for the first time at the
end of this month to better understand our potential, and I am
really excited to see what I can do with the bike. ... I will give
everything I possibly can to bring Suzuki to the top of the podium
again."
Suzuki hasn't won a World Superbike race since 2010, so Laverty may
have his work cut out for him. However, with so many changes
happening throughout the sport bike
series - including the Aprilia team he just left - there are
certainly opportunities to make a splash in 2014.
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